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... saw yesterday in the forest. It is black and syrupy and an ideal companion to the curd which is fresh and therefore a bit sour. Just for that breakfast, I would stay a whole week in this home.

We decide to hire the services of a friend of the family that has a three-wheeler. For a small fee, he takes us most of the day around the sights surrounding us: Kolawe****ma temple, Lumbini tea factory and Katopola, the home of the rock temple. Both temples ...

... Back on the bikes and we start climbing some more, then soon enough it is time to stop for a refresher.........coconut water, fresh from a road side vendor. He deftly shapes the top of the coconut for us to drink from. Once finished we give him back the husks and he cuts us a little spoon out before opening the nut so we can get at the young coconut flesh. Fantastic and so refreshing (did I mention it was humid today). On the bikes ...

... needs to take good pictures for future articles. This is exactly what we got, including a tracker who spotted all types of birds thus making Francois a happy camper. So much so, that we will be going back for a second safari this afternoon, with the same driver, back to Yala National Park. With hopes that this time, we will see the leopard. Came back in time for breakfast at 9:45 and ...

... Park, to which the guide responded that there were, but they were difficult to spot. On the off chance, he inquired with one of the other guides nearby, who pointed over to a tree not far from us where there was a large troop of Monkeys swinging about. Clearly all you have to do is ask!

On the way out of the park, we saw another two Elephants eating their way through some of the 200kg of food that each of them eats in a day. Then, we made our way out of the park, ...